On Friday 03 October 2008 22:33:45 Tim wrote:
> Wandering around our local ASDA tonight we walked passed there little shelf
> computer bits and there sat of the shelf were there own label web cams for
> £5 (well £5 and a few pence) and I thought well what the hell let have some
> fun.
>
> So back home I hook it up to my PC and have a quick look in syslog to see
> if it has been seen and yes I had the following:
>
> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c: USB
> GSPCA camera found. (PAC207)
> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:
> [spca5xx_probe:4098] Camera type GBRG
> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:
> [spca5xx_getcapability:1215] maxw 352 maxh 288 minw 160 minh 120
> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c: gspca
> driver 01.00.18 registered
> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel usbcore: registered new interface driver
> gspca 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> 03/10/08 20:20:57 titan kernel usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using
> uhci_hcd and address 9
> 03/10/08 20:20:57 titan kernel usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
>
> lsusb return the following relevant line:
>
> Bus 003 Device 009: ID 093a:2460 Pixart Imaging, Inc.
>
> Now looking at the syslog output I guessed that gspca is the driver so I
> had a quick google and found the following site
>
> http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
>
> Now as far as I know the gspca driver is load (according to lsmod), but now
> I am a bit lost as to what to do next.
>
> I am certainly not expecting anything fancy from my cheapie web cam, I
> tried the webcam on my window pc and while it worked it was far from
> pretty.
>
> Any suggestions what my next should be?
>
> Tim
>
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Well I got it going eventually, took some time because "compiling" and "make"
is not normally my thing. I believe the main point was to download the gspca
source file from Debian Lenny, and do the required compiling and make etc. I
am currently using camorama to view the video. Quite a few of the settings
don't work or don't work and crash the program! picture quality is not that
impressive and providing I don't move it is catching 4.5fps. I also noted on
the box under the USB label thats it say USB 1.1, whether that means its is
compatible with USB 1.1 or only works at USB 1.1 I am not sure (I think the
later) but for just over a £5 quid what can you expect.
Tim
